A new version of Linux Mint 8 has been released. This time including the popular streamlined window manager, Fluxbox as it's main desktop environment.
From the release announcement:
This release has been built with the emphasis on a lightweight and yet fully functional desktop centered on the Fluxbox window manager.
If you’re not happy with the default desktop environment (Unity shell on GNOME3) in Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal), then you can try installing some alternative desktop such as MATE, Cinnamon, KDE etc or a lightweight desktop environment such as XFCE.
Why go for a Lightweight Desktop Environment ?
speed
efficiency
low resource requirements (it can also run smooth on older computers)
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Slackware 13.37 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.6.2, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 4.5.5, a recent stable release of the 4.5.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment.
In one of my last reviews I covered Linux Mint 201104 Xfce, a distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment that is based on Debian Testing. Linux Mint 201104 is a rolling release distro. Rolling release distros are great for some folks but not so great for others. In this review I cover Xubuntu 11.04, an Ubuntu derivative that also features the Xfce environment.
Getting Things Gnome!(GTG) is an organizer for the GNOME desktop environment which focuses on the usability and ease of use. It aims to provide a simple, powerful and flexible organization tool to the GNOME desktop environment. The new release has many bugfixes and several new features in store for you.
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The KDE Project announced a few minutes ago, December 4, that the second Beta release of the upcoming KDE 4.10 desktop environment is now available for download and testing.
At the EFL Development Day, the Enlightenment developers have announced the first alpha release of E17. This marks the first official release after many years of work on the desktop environment which is also used by Samsung for Tizen...
At the EFL Development Day, the Enlightenment developers have announced the first alpha release of E17.
Kubuntu 11.10 is the latest stable release of the desktop Linux distribution sponsored by Canonical Ltd., a Linux software provider based in London, UK. It is based on Ubuntu, but uses KDE, the K Desktop Environment. According to the Release announcement, Kubuntu is a “perfect OS for casual users, social butterflies, Linux gamers, software developers, [...]
ROSA 2012 LXDE is the stable release of a desktop edition of ROSA Linux which uses the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. ROSA Linux is published by ROSA Laboratory, a Linux solutions provider based in Moscow, Russia. ROSA 2012 LXDE is the company’s second stable release this year. The first was ROSA Marathon 2012, which uses [...]
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